In-house Lawyer - Contracting Manager (German & English language)
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Responsibilities:
Lead, structure, negotiate and close Avanade’s complex client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective.
Counsel, guide, train and support junior CLPs.
Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company’s transactional practices.
Educate and advise company executives with respect to legal and risk management issues.
Develop subject matter experience in one or more areas that benefit Legal and/or our business.
Participate in developing internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge capital on various legal and business issues.
Support, promote and implement Legal Group initiatives.
Embrace and evolve to gain experience in seven Contracting attributes, including becoming a pathfinder, architect, business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant and technology-enabled contracting professional.
Supervision:
Reports to: Contracting Lead for ASG (Austria, Switzerland, Germany). You will be allocated to an Avanade Senior Legal Counsel to supervise you in your daily work.
Supervises: As per designated role.
External Relationships: Avanade and Accenture client executives and negotiating teams; Outside Counsel.
Minimum Requirements:
Law Degree.
Minimum 6 years of transactional experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing areas in roles with increasing responsibility. Such experience should be in a law firm or in a fast-paced corporate legal/transaction group in a relevant industry.
Minimum of 3 years of experience negotiating Intellectual Property and Data Privacy issues preferred.
Accomplished negotiator with an understanding of principle-based negotiation strategy and tactics including the ability to present alternatives with proposed solutions.
Proven ability to efficiently manage a large volume of transactions independently.
Experience negotiating and drafting technology-based agreements.
Understand basic principles of Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Management.
Strong executive presence.
Good understanding of contracting/risk issues, including IP, as they apply to digital, consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions.
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and German.
